Rope guide



June 30; 192i L. E'. JEFFERSON ROPE GUIDE me a Oct- 19, 1923' Patented June 30, 1925.

UNITED STATES retrace LEONIDAS- E. JEFFERSON, O1 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ROPE GUIDE.

Application filed October 19, 1823.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LnoNrnAs E. JEFFER- son a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in Baltimore city ant State of \laryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rope Guides, of which the following is a specification.

liiy inrention relates to an improvement in. rope guides.

lhe object is to provide a device of the ch *ter named or especially adapted'lor use in connection with awnings and the invention consists in three parts, namely, a

main plate with fastening spurs on the end and having a loop or eyelet at the center, a shop guide pivoted or swiveled therein, a clamping plate letween which and the main plate the awning material is receivec.

in the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the rope guide attached to a piece of awn ing material;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the clamping plate slightly removed from the main plate;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section;

Figure- 4*. is a transverse section; and Figure 5 shows the blank from which tl e n'iain plate and spurs are formed.

i i represents a piece of owning or other l is the main plate having two out crosswise therein as shown in 5 and the intermediate portion is up to form a loop or eyelet 3. At the ends sharp-pointed spurs l are formed. These spurs are adaoted to pierce the fabric A and ext-cud through the slots 5 in the clamping p ate 6 and be bent inwardly as shown in Figure 1 thus clamping the main plate securely to the awning fabric.

Tl. rope guide '4' is rounded transversely as at 8 to form a smooth and rounded hearing for the awning rope 9 as shown in Figure ll and the ends 10 oi the guide are liient inwardly in the form of pintles which enter the opposite ends of the loop or eyelet 3 and turn or swivel freely therein.

In this way a simple device of few parts Serial No. 669,620.

s formed which is easily atta lied to the .wning and which forms a yielding and eilectiveguide for the awning rope, which litter is guided ans supported and rendered loop or eyelet whereby the guide is pivoted or swiveled to the plate.

2. A dot ice of the character descriaed iuthe device is secured held, and means for fastening the two plates and the interposed material securely together.

8. A device of the char cter de ribed including a main plate ha transverse slits and the intermediate portion of the plate struck up to term an open ended loop eyelet between the slits, the ends if the main plate terminating in pointed spurs, a guide having its code in the form of pintles extending into and pivotally mounted in the ends of the loop or eyelet, a slotted clamping plate the slots 01"" which are adapted to receive the spurs of the main plate whereby to fasten the device securely to the material to which it is to be applied.

A device of the charactc" described including a main plate and a clampingplate, means co-o ierating with the plates iior clan'iping the plates on opposite sides of the material, one of said plates having portions extending ieyond the plane of the plate, and aguide having a rounded rope receiving surface and pivoted in said portion so as to oscillate therein according to the tension of a rope passing through the said guide.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature.

LEONIDAS E. JEFFERSON. 

